Hand-protector.



W. FREDRIOKSON.

HAND PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FTLEI) F3324, 1913v Patented Apr. 7, 191% tion.

WALTER FREDBIOKSQN, 0E PURTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

HAND-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented [inn '2, 1%3142.

Application filed February-24, 1913. Serial No. 750,344.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WALTER Fnnnnicnsou, a citizen of the United States,residing at Porterville, in the county' of Tulare and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHand-Protectors, of which the following is a specifica- This inventionrelates to improvements in hand protectors and more particularly to handprotectors for butchers use and it comprises two finger stalls united bya slotted metal piece or guide plate and made integral with a backportion to which said metal piece is also secured; the said back portionbeing reduced in size and prolonged to engage a wrist band by which thedevice is secured to the wrist of the butcher or opera-' ton Theinvention. consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter fully described in the following specification, pointed outin the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms apart of said specification and in which Figure 1 is. a front View of myimproved hand protector. Fig. 2 is asection on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

1 is the back of the hand protector, designed to reside upon the back oftlie op rators hand, which is diminished in size as at 2 and prolongedto engage a wrist band 3 adapted to go about the wrist of the op eratorandlto be there buckled iii-position.

A finger stall 4 and a finger stall 5 are both made integral with theback .1. and are united by a somewhat V-shaped metal piece 6 which isalso secured to the back 1 as at 7 and which is provided with acentrally disposed longitudinal slot 8 In cleaning the carcass of ananimal, it is customary to hang it up by its hind legs and cut anopening in the upper part of the body big enough to receive theprotector, which in this case is worn on the left hand. With the forefinger in stall 4E and the middle finger in stall 5 and the knife in theright hand the operator may use the slotted piece or guide plate as aguide for the knife. The body of the animal lies back of the glove asthe glove is passed downward longitudinally of the animal, the palm ofthe operators gloved hand being turned toward him during the operation.The purpose of the slot 8 being to prevent lateral movement of the knifeduring the cutting operation.

The main purpose of this invention is to protect the entrails of thecarcass during the opening operation.

What is claimed is t- 1. A hand protector including a backportion partlyreduced and prolonged to engage a wrist band adapted to be passed aboutthe wrist of the operator, finger stalls made integral with said backportion and a guide plate connecting said finger stalls and backportion. a

2. A hand protector including a back portion partly reduced andprolonged to engage a wrist band adapted to be passed about the wrist ofthe operator finger stalls made integral with said back portion and alongitudinally slotted guide plate connecting said linger stalls andback portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature D. H. CLARK, J. P. JENKINS.

